You know your life is going downhill when you lose your friends, are nearly raped, and try to deal with your parents divorce. Then, when the least likely person seems to genuinley want to help, you can't help but to question both them and yourself. SSHG

A/N:
As promised, here is a revision. I know some of you my not want me to
do this, but I'm really just correcting spelling and combing a few
chapters together so they're longer and so I can make the second
book sooner. I have added a little input to this chapter to make it
longer, but I haven't combined any chapters with it. I hope you
like it.

Chapter
1: No
Choice

Hermione
sat in Dumbledore's office feeling weak from the loss of so much
blood. Her wrists were bandaged and Snape, McGonagall, and Dumbledore
all stood in the room with her, trying to pry her for a reason of
killing herself. Still, she remained ever silent. Finally, Dumbledore
threatened her harmlessly.

"If
you will not give us an answer, Miss Granger, then we will be forced
to send you home to live with your parents."

"My
parents are divorced," Hermione stated coldly.

"Is
that the reason you did this?"

"Part
of it," Hermione said, keeping her eyes on the floor.

"Well,
then you have two choices. Either you go to counseling with Professor
Snape-"

"Why
me," Snape shouted, clearly not wanting to do what he was being
volunteered for.

"Or,"
Dumbledore continued without looking in Snape's direction. "You
can go home to whichever one of your parents that you wish to."

Hermione
thought for a moment. Most likely, she wouldn't be able to go out
like she had the summers since her parents divorce had been
finalized. All her muggle friends would be in school and she didn't
have anyone to take her clubbing but them. However, she didn't want
to go into counseling with Snape, let alone any other teacher. She
had made that mistake before. And she would not make it again.

"I'll
go home," she stated.

All
of the teachers looked at her with confusion. "You would give up
your future as a witch just to go home to get out of counseling,"
Snape asked.

"Yes."

"Well,
Miss Granger, it seems you have made your choice, but I have made
mine. You won't be going home. It's not an option."

"Then
why did you say it," Snape and Hermione both screamed at him.
Dumbledore smiled and said that he was testing her to see how far she
would go, but didn't explain more.

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